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Anchor Bay Entertainment sends over final details on a 3-disc Ultimate Edition

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Anchor Bay Entertainment has officially announced a 3-Disc Ultimate Edition of The Evil Dead which stars Bruce Campbell. This classic Sam Raimi directed film will be available to own from the 18th December, and should retail at around $34.97. Both anamorphic widescreen and full screen presentations will be included on seperate discs. The widescreen edition will include a commentary by Director Sam Raimi and Producer Robert Tapert, whereas the full screen version will include a Bruce Campbell commentary.

Other features include a One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead documentary, some new Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor, a Life After Death: The Ladies of The Evil Dead featurette, a Ladies of The Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell featurette, and an Unconventional featurette with the cast and crew. Completing the package will be a Q&A with a drive-in audience of hardcore fans, a Reunion Panel, a Discovering The Evil Dead featurette that looks at the British video release of the film, makeup tests, a Poster & Memorabilia Gallery, a still gallery, and the trailer. The artwork is attached:

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16th October 2007 11:03#1

Quote: BURBANK, CA – Just when you thought you’d seen it all in /The Evil Dead, /Anchor Bay Entertainment will commemorate the film’s 25th anniversary with the all-new, three-disc /THE EVIL DEAD ULTIMATE EDITION/ on December 18th, just in time for the holidays, making it the “ultimate” stocking-stuffer for the horror fans in your life. SRP is $34.97 and pre-book is November 15th. /THE EVIL DEAD ULTIMATE EDITION/ will be released under the prestigious “Anchor Bay Collection” brand, which has previously released comprehensive DVD editions of such horror classics as /Re-Animator, Phantasm/ and /Hellraiser./

Over the years, Anchor Bay Entertainment has released numerous special editions of /THE EVIL DEAD/, each one more dynamic and diabolical than the one that preceded it, in an effort to continually satiate and satisfy the ravenous hunger of the film’s worldwide legion of fans. /THE EVIL DEAD ULTIMATE EDITION/ tops -- and buries -- them all! Celebrate the original Sam Raimi masterpiece with two versions of the movie (for years, fans have demanded the release of the original full-frame version), six new featurettes that revisit the film’s cast, crew, biggest fans and enduring legacy, plus never-before-seen production footage, outtakes and deleted scenes, reconstructed and restored specifically for this edition! That’s enough to fill several Necronomicons!

Upon its release in 1982, /THE EVIL DEAD /was immediately hailed as a new horror classic. Best-selling author Stephen King called the film “the most ferociously original horror film of the year.” In the ensuing quarter of a century, /THE EVIL DEAD /is one of the most influential, landmark horror films of all time.

Five college friends, including Ash (Campbell) drive to a remote cabin in the woods for a weekend of fun. Little do they realize that their fun will soon turn to fear, as an unstoppable supernatural force has been unleashed and surrounds the woods around them. One by one, they fall victim to the demonic forces at large, resurrected as murderous demons which can only be destroyed by dismemberment. Easier said than done. Soon, only Ash is left to combat the evil before it consumes the world. It’ll be a fight to the death … and to the /un/death.

The film’s mammoth success has thus far inspired two equally popular sequels, /Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn /and /Army of Darkness/, as well as a series of popular video games with rumors of an upcoming remake produced by Raimi and Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures.

16th October 2007 11:57#3

i do like how the cover is one of the original posters, and it even has the crimples as if it used to be folded...but im happy with my "book of the dead" edition...i'm a huge sucker for extras but im just not a big enough fan to jump on this....maybe one day when its cheap or something.

but for the uber fans, this is pretty cool and amazingly its all new extras...who knew..lol

16th October 2007 14:28#9

How many times is Anchor Bay going to release the SAME DAMN TITLES over and over again ?!?! Ok we know they own Hellraiser, Halloween and Evil Dead , plus Dawn and Day of the Dead.. How many releases do we need, how many more times are they going to milk this ?? I bet next year they do this for Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness ! Can this company actually release something NEW ?!?! There are many titles that they can get ahold of that were owned by defunct video companies like LIVE & Media Video as well as other horror movies To name a few there is Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Galaxy of Terror, Night of the Creeps, Endless Descent, To Die For 1 & 2 If they are going to re-release something it should be Fade to Black - in its original full frame presentation. I own the Media VHS and the DVD - the DVD version is chopped off on the top and bottom.. Anchor Bay needs to sail in a different direction or pick another title to milk sheesh...

16th October 2007 15:51#12

Croweyes1121 wrote: Why does only the widescreen get the diretor's commentary? The OAR on this movie is 1.37:1 for Christ's sake! Ugh! Does it really matter what DVD the commentary is on? The 4:3 version is being included so that should be enough.

The Widescreen print is director approved anyway or doesn't his opinion count?

16th October 2007 21:12#18

mlcm wrote: For three discs, these extra features are bunk. Where's the Within The Woods short? That's the only thing that matters. Especially since it was initially promised fopr the Book of the Dead version and then dropped at the last minute.

17th October 2007 10:17#28

The Widescreen print is director approved anyway or doesn't his opinion count?

No. It does not. Not when he's THIS wrong. The widescreen print is terrible. The entire frame is cramped, lots of information is snipped off the screen (including some FX work including the shot of the demon biting off it's own hand which now loses the final frames of the scene as they vanish off the bottom and various body parts) and the skin colour is all wrong.

Raimi stopped being a real personal film maker and turned into a suit for hire a long while back. And his view on "Evil Dead" is mute anyway seeing as he was quite happy to pimp it out to some low life John to re-make up the arse.

The fans made "The Evil Dead", and quite frankly the fans now own it. Raimi has written himself out of the picture.

17th October 2007 17:25#30

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